Friday, July 13, 2007

Friday Dinner Party Conversation Stopper

One needs to see that one's own way of life and habits of speech and of thought, not only seem wrong to large populations, but can be repugnant in very much the same way in which alien habits of eating, or alien sexual customs, can be repugnant.

- Stuart Hampshire

2 comments:

MT said...

And yet...and yet...I can't help thinking that observing this about others at dinner is wrong, at least speaking of adults. Let me consult Miss Manners on this and get back to you.

helmut said...

Thus, conversation stopper.